Ho Chi Minh City Private Tour With A Local Expert

Discover the real Saigon with a private, flexible tour. Explore local life, culture, and history with expert guides. No tourist traps.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Ba Thien Hau Temple - Temple in Chinatown
War Remnants Museum - History of war in Vietnam
Sai Gon Central Post Office - Tour around the Dong Khoi area
Ban Co Market - a colorful local wet market located in alleys in District 3
Ho Thi Ky Flower Market - We will walk through the beautiful flower market and have more opportunity to see…

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Although the city is chaotic with endless slow-moving traffic, the hustle and bustle of the city do not affect the unique friendliness of the people. An easy greeting of hello in Vietnamese, “Xin Chao”, is sufficient to taste the local hospitality. Forget about shopping and must-see attractions for a while. Let me show you the real Saigon.

  • The tour is…
Location
Rex Hotel
Đường Nguyễn Huệ
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nov 24, 2024
Great Day from Phu My with Xuan - We arrived by cruiseship and were met at the port gate by Xuan. Another couple was supposed to be with us, but they didn't show up. We were led to a very comfortable mini van for just the 2 of us. Xuan had a tour set up for us with flexibility for what we wanted to do. Traffic was horrible getting into the city, but the rest went very well. Xuan knows his city and is very informatable. Very nice young man who knows how to run a tour and keep to schedule. We very much enjoyed our day and highly recommend him. Thank-you Xuan, Tim and Suzanne
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Donna
Nov 22, 2024
Best tour company, best day of our trip - We had the most amazing experience on our tour to Ho Chi Minh City. Ms. Hanna made our visit incredibly warm and inviting. Through Ms. Hanna's kindness, knowledge and good cheer we all fell in love with the city and its people. She is wonderful 🥰❤️🤗. We all loved being called "Lovely Family" because that is how Ms Hanna made us feel❤️ It was also so nice to meet you in person. I highly recommend Tours by Xuan to all I know coming to Vietnam.
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Dreamer562698
Nov 17, 2024
Wonderful trip to Ho Chi Minh - A very interesting and diverse trip that offered 8 us a bit of everything. Great fun on the rickshaw ride. Enjoyed our authentic meal greatly. War museum visit was heart wrenching but a worthy visit. We had fun at the markets too - the ladies very nearly selling 4 husbands!! Felt we really got the best of our time in Ho Chi Minh and we learnt lots. Tammy our tour guide was truly excellent, engaging and knowledgable. We just loved her. Every one of us thoroughly enjoyed our day and got a lot out of it. would recommend taking a look at the itinerary. It’s well put together. Communication with Xuan was excellent and encouraging. He was on another trip that day but luckily we got the chance to meet him too. Xuan is very concerned to make sure he gets everything right for you and this time he certainly did
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Jbsteelerfan
Nov 4, 2024
The best tour ever!! - We had such an excellent day with Xuan. It was a last-minute schedule change on our cruise, and Xuan was able to accommodate us for a wonderful tour. Took us to a local coffee boat to try some excellent coffee, and our whole group had such a blast on the trishaw ride around the city!! Thank you again, Xuan, for such a great time!!
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Nfeller0400
May 7, 2024
Excellent Tours of Da Nang and Hoi Chi Minh - We cannot say enough about the two tours we took through Tours with Xuan both Da Nang/Hoi An and Hoi Chi Minh. All of our emails to Xuan were so quickly answered. His team is extremely organized. The guides for both of these tours which we did with between seven and nine people spoke perfect English, were enthusiastic and answered all of our questions. They were there to pick us up at the port and return us in a timely fashion, we highly recommend them
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Tedsto1
May 2, 2024
Professional and personable guides - Xuan set us up with two tours. Our first was with Lap in Da Nang. We were picked up at the cruise port and spend the day with him. He was very knowledgable and easy to understand. He escorted us through all of the sites and returned us to the port at the exact time promised. Marble mountain was fascinating. Our second tour was with Hannah in Ho Chin Min City. She was very personalble and sensitive to our needs. She actually took us by the hand through the sites. She treated us like we were her own family. Hannah was an wonderful guide. Both tours were perfect despite the extreme heat. The vehicles were clean and the air conditioning worked well. Communication with Xuan was easy, everythng was well planned yet flexible. I'd definintely reccomend Xuan
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Sharik24
Apr 24, 2024
A great way to experience more of life in Vietnam - I would highly recommend Xuan for your visit to Vietnam. He took us to places and provided experiences that were not your normal tourist attractions! He is friendly and so knowledgeable as well! The tri-shaw through China Town was something I thought expected to experience, but it was incredible. The van was very comfortable and everything was timely! Xuan was also our guide the day before in Nha Trang. That was also an incredible experience!
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I7646bjlauries
Apr 22, 2024
Off the Beaten Path in Ho Chi Minh City - Xuan is an absolutely amazing tour guide. He knows Ho Chi Minh City well today and its history as well. Our trishaw ride through the markets was one of the best parts of the day! Xuan uses vehicles that are comfortable and drivers who are always timely with their arrivals. If you are looking for a tour that takes you places large tour groups don’t go, contact Xuan!
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Themice
Apr 6, 2024
Great tours of HCMC and NhaTrang - Xuan was already booked for our dates 10 months prior to our cruise (advice: book very early!) but he arranged guides for us. Our private tour with Hanna, and driver Wu, showed us around Ho Chi Minh City via a trishaw ride through the various markets, Chinatown's The in Hua temple, a walk through other markets, and the moving War Remnants Museum. We got to try the famous egg coffee which was delicious. A busy, colorful day in a fascinating city. In Nha Trang our guide was Mr. Thinh, a very pleasant young man. This tour was a nice change of pace, seeing more of village life with their markets, making woven mats, conical hats and rice noodles and rice paper wrappers. We visited the Ancient House and took a boat ride to the Hindu Thap Ba Ponagar temple. We were taken to a lovely restaurant for lunch and had a stop by the beach in Nha Trang. We could have had an hour here to relax but we had been touring for a few weeks already so we asked to return to the ship. It was a nice day, and more relaxing.
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D8062kigaryw
Apr 3, 2024
A great way to get your bearings in a new city - A great way to get an orientation in a new city Friendly & knowledgable guide, clean & air conditioned vehicle to drive us between the sights. Our guide took great care to give us context and history at every location. We saw the “river life” people in a less affluent district, the wet markets, the flower markets, the cathedral (practically covered and still being renovated- nothing to see here) and the old post office. Last up was the war memorial museum. Fascinating photos and exhibits, mixed in with a highly one-eyed view of the events of the time. So interesting to see the war photographers /correspondents’ photos. The museum itself was hugely busy (maybe go early to beat the crowds?) and very hot inside. All up a very good day and a great way to get your bearings in a new city
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